What is a firewall?

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A firewall is a devie or set o! devies designed to permit or
deny network transmissions based upon a set o! rules and is
!re"uently used to protet networks !rom unaut#ori$ed aess
w#ile permitting legitimate ommuniations to pass.
Many personal omputer operating systems inlude so!tware%
based !irewalls to protet against t#reats !rom t#e publi
&nternet. Many routers t#at pass data between networks
ontain !irewall omponents and' onversely' many !irewalls
an per!orm basi routing !untions.

(asially' a !irewall is a barrier to keep destrutive
!ores away !rom your property. &n !at' t#at)s w#y
its alled a !irewall. &ts *ob is similar to a p#ysial
!irewall t#at keeps a !ire !rom spreading !rom one
area to t#e ne+t.

Purpose o! using !irewall

,ontrols tra!!i by monitoring
A Firewall ontrols tra!!i by monitoring t#e various network
ports. A so!tware network port is an identi!ied doorway
-address. !or ommuniating between a program and anot#er
ommuniations system or program o!ten passing t#roug# a
#ardware port. /#e network port is usually numbered and a
standard network implementation will atta# a port number to
data it sends. /#e reeiving implementation will guard and
listen at t#e atta#ed port number -doorway. to !igure out
w#i# program to send data to on its system. A port may
send0reeive data one diretion at a time -simple+. or
simultaneously in bot# diretions -duple+..

&! are urrently operating wit# a !irewall' you most likely
#ave notied t#at w#en you load ertain programs on your
omputer' or w#en you start ertain programs' you reeive
a warning !rom t#e Firewall so!tware indiating an attempt
by a program to establis# an outbound onnetion. Most
legitimate programs an be on!igured automatially by t#e
Firewall to allow programs up dates and ot#er routine tasks.
1arning !rom t#e Firewall

,on!iguring your !irewall
Always be are!ul w#en on!iguring your !irewall' as it is
possible to aidentally blok aess to a re"uired resoure
t#at may ause a program to no longer work orretly. &n
some ases' you an even disable your own internet aess
by plaing too many restritions in your !irewall settings.

Fire walls as 2ardware devies
Fire walls are available as 2ardware devies' or as so!tware
programs t#at seure t#e ommuniation lines t#at are
already in plae.
Always re!er to a "uali!ied te#niian or ot#er reliable e+pert
i! you are in doubt about w#et#er you are making t#e rig#t
#oie regarding #ow mu# aess you grant or deny a
program.

A !irewall #ardware

Firewall so!tware
/#ere are so many so!tware available on t#e net .3ome are
!ree and some are available on payment. All it depends t#at
w#at are your needs and re"uirement 4

Miroso!t !irewall
Miroso!t operation systems ontain !irewall so!tware t#at #as
t#e basi !eatures o! a !irewall. (ut you an not depend on t#is
i! you are running it at ommerial business level.

Firewall and Antivirus
Generally antivirus so!tware)s are bundled wit# Antivirus
so!tware ontaining basi !eatures o! !irewall.

Free !irewall so!tware
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/o download a !ree so!tware !or !irewall lik on t#e !ollowing link below.

1indows Firewall.
:
1indows ome wit# a !irewall program
w#i# is by de!ault added in windows
operating system.
:
1indows !irwall is e!!etive and works very
well.
:
;ou *ust need to make sure t#at it is
turned ON.
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Just go to your ontrol panel and #ek
your seurity settings



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